There's no proof tort reform reduces health costs
"What doctors want isn't reform, it is an exemption. And that's just not how we do things in the United States."
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Changes in Physician Supply and Scope of Practice during a Malpractice Crisis: Evidence from Pennsylvania
A respected journal of health care policy found no evidence of a connection between a supposed medical malpractice crisis and physicians leaving high-risk specialties.
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Suffolk University Law School study finds that most physicians actually pay lower premiums than they did in 1999
A Massachusetts study found that, adjusting for inflation, medical malpractice insurance premiums actually decreased between 1990 and 2008, even though the American Medical Association has declared it a crisis state, debunking the claim that insurance premiums are driven by too many lawsuits.
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False Alarm: How the media helps the insurance industry and the GOP promote the myth of America's "lawsuit crisis."
Washington Monthly debunks common myths from media reports about lawsuits and tort reform. "The plain fact is, most lawsuits are neither ridiculous nor lucrative. ... the awards are generally quite small and getting smaller."
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The State - Malpractice law may deny justice - Lawyers, citing an award limit, often won't take medical injury suits.
Because of damage caps passed in California, many victims with legitimate cases can't get a lawyer to take their case.
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Liability = Responsibility
"The research shows, overwhelmingly, that the real problem is too much malpractice, not too many malpractice lawsuits."
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The Growth Of Physician Medical Malpractice Payments: Evidence From The National Practitioner Data Bank
The growth of malpractice payments is less than previously thought. According to records kept by the insurance Industry itself, medical malpractice payments add just $12 per person to the annual cost of health care in the United States, and that number has grown no faster than other increases in the cost of healthcare since 1991.
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The Myth of the Frivolous Lawsuit
One of the catch phrases of tort reformers is “frivolous lawsuits” – a lawsuit that has no legal basis, or is so petty that the suit isn’t justified. But what tort reformers don’t tell you is that the legal system already has three safety mechanisms in place to prevent, dismiss, and correct frivolous lawsuits.
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What Is Tort Reform - And Why Is It Bad For The Public?
A primer on tort reform and how it results in more harm than good.
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